Happy 48thAnniversary
to the Philippine Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science!
Two years away to its golden anniversary!

PATLS invites you to attend the Midyear National Forum on
Library Education and Practice on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 1:00 – 4:00
p.m.at SM Megatrade Hall Building B,
Mandaluyong City. This occasion is in collaboration with ABAP’s 16th
Philippine Academic Book Fair on July 10-14, 2012.The theme of the forum is
“Internationalization of Librarianship and Information Science : Challenges,
Prospects and Promises.” The speaker is Prof. Lourdes T. David of Ateneo de
Manila University Library, an expert on international librarianship.

Rationale : As the world becomes more interconnected through
new technologies, economics, population movements and demographic and cultural
changes, it is crucial for LIS schools to prepare LIS students, LIS faculty and
Librarians who are able to understand global access and information skills and
who will promote transborder and transnational systems of communication among
the people of the world.

Attend this very timely forum and discover the advantages of
being an LIS student, LIS teacher and a librarian and also expose yourself to
more or less full spectrum of international librarianship and raise your
awareness of why the motto “think globally, act locally” is needed.
International Librarianship can be fun too!

The Filipinas Heritage Library will be hosting the 3rd LibraryLink Conference with the theme “Beyond Librarianship: Information as a Way of Life”. It will be held at the Reading Room of the Filipinas Heritage Library on October 17-19, 2012.

The Conference aims to serve as a venue for discussion and interaction as well as to promote awareness on relevant issues concerning librarianship and information services in the fast-paced and constantly evolving digital age. Among the topics that will be covered in the Conference are the following:

The value and relevance of libraries and librarians in the digital age

Social media and information overload as well as the social issues that may be engendered

Libraries and mobile applications

Library services for children and young adults in the digital age

Ms. Myra Brown, Information Resource Officer from the U.S. Department of State and former Digital Media Librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries will be the Keynote Speaker. She will also facilitate a “cultural hour.”

The registration fee is PhP 4,500 inclusive of meals and snacks, certificate, and conference kit. Participants from LibraryLink member institutions or early bird registrants on or before September 1, 2012 can avail of a discounted rate of PhP 4,000. A non-refundable deposit of P1,500 is required.